Éamon Ó Cuív has been sacked from the Fianna Fáil Front Bench.
The party said in a statement: "Party Leader and Spokesperson on Northern Ireland Micheál Martin TD met last evening with Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív.
"During the course of that meeting Deputy Ó Cuív made it clear that he was aware in advance of plans to hold an unauthorised launch of a candidate and agreed to participate in the event.
"In light of this information, regretfully, Deputy Ó Cuív’s continued membership of the Party’s Front Bench is no longer tenable.
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"His portfolio responsibilities will be reassigned in the time ahead."
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